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Pharmacists feel they're gaining authority in some areas and lagging in others

PDUFA law renewal draws consumer protest

American Pain Society recommends using OxyContin to treat patients with arthritis.

Executives from Merck-Medco and Rite Aid speak at AMCP meeting on how to build constructive relationship with each other

drug topics selects costco as pharmacy chain of the year 2002

New Mexico law will allow psychologists to prescribe

New guidelines treat breast cancer.

NACDS proposes a one-card program but pharmacists have mixed reactions

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Community pharmacy rejected the Bush administration's new plan for Medicare Rx discount cards as a rehash of the first proposal unveiled in July, 2001.

An alphabet soup of suffixes has arisen for controlled-release drugs, increasing the potential for drug errors

There's an alphabet soup of titles for the pharmacy profession now

VA pharmacists may have to give up their prescriptive authority unless their state allows the practice

Walter Fitzgerald speaks on Third Party Contracting: Understanding the Deal at NCPA conference in Vegas 2002

walgreens and cvs launch new advertising campaigns in 2002

The Delaware Pharmacist Society has partnered on several projects that pay pharmacists for their services.

ASHP is alarmed by JCAHO's proposed standard that eliminates the prospective check by an R.Ph. when an Rx is generated by a computerized physician order entry systems.

JCAHO standards for small, rural hospitals

Merck & Co. announed plans to spin off its Merck-Medco pharmacy benefit manager subsidiary as a separte company.

ASHP is alarmed by JCAHO's proposed standard that eliminates the prospective check by an R.Ph. when an Rx is generated by a computerized physician order entry systems.

An NACDS study projects modest increases in the number of community pharmacists through 2006.

New services help pharmacies negotiate the fine art of drug pricing

pfizer launches share card for seniors

NACDS data on what state Medicaid agencies are paying pharmacies

PDMA law is spurring growth of vouchers in place of samples

Regional chains are alive and well despite a faltering economy

A U. of Texas study charges that OIG report on Medicaid pharmacy acquisition cost for brand drugs is flawed. NACDS and NCPA urge OIG to withdraw its document

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